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So I'm thinking of getting the Hydor inline heater for my canister filter. does anybody have one or have experience with one? how is it working out for you or how did it work out for you? I have read a few reviews on amazon about them and it is a mix bag. i personally like it cause it is not in...

This is 10 months into it.

Alright thanks. Do you think it would also be to small for an African Butterfly fish?

What do you mean by this? And yes I want to get this going ASAP.

Also was thinking that I war a canister filter with a UV sterilization and to do an inline heater.

So I got this new 32g hex tank for Xmas. This will be my 2nd tank. Can't wait to get it setup up here in the next few months. Plan on doing live plants (duh) and doing my first canister filter. Any suggestions on that? Also would like to do a few angels or maybe just a pair. Would this be an...

Here's mine.

Oh, ok. Well I did a water change cause my nitrates tested about 30. Thanks for the responds.

So I have had slick water in my tank. You know feels slippery or slick between the fingers. What is the cause of this?

If you had just recently moved and had to reset up the tank that's what would have caused the crypts to melt. The only thing you can do is wait it out. They will grow back.

So I have had this happen to me several times. It first happened when I put them in the tank and then again when I softened the water and changed the water conditions. Crypts are an easy plant to grow but are sensitive when there water parameters and when that happens they will melt back but...

I will be doing this and keeping better track of it. Thanks.

It is one thing in those la haves if you know what I'm talking about. And they eat it all with in 3 mins. Except the veggie one tends to sit longer. But I don't feed them that one so often.

Yes I did, and the nitrates where at a 5! So I might start doing larger water changes. The ph was at an 8.8 and ammonia and nitrites where both 0.

Well that's good to hear. Just something I will have to deal with until I get an RO system. Thanks for your help. I have thought about getting that nitro-zorb but didn't know if doing that would melt back my crypts. Which has happened when I did a softener pillow so I don't use that anymore.

And I know the bumblebees are brackish but I have also read that there are freshwater ones too. Either way they have been in there since may. Also my feeding is about every 3 days and I feed either frozen brine shrimp, frozen bloodworms or frozen emerald which is a veggie one.

Lets see: 5 pristella tetras 4-3 kuhli loaches 3 serpae tetras 3 otos 3 bumblebee gobys 1 rosy barb 1 female GBR

Well good thing I don't pay the water at my apt;)

Well I just tested again and the nitrates are at 40. I use liquid test, API. It is a new tank, been setup for about 6 months. I have about 20 fish in the 29gal tank. I do a 1/3 water change weekly. For the past 2 months I haven't been able to keep any new fish:( but I really think my tap water...

Yeah that's what I've been thinking. My LFS sells RO water by the 5gals. So I might start doing that.

Ok. So how about my female, why has she survived. And this is the first time my nitrates have been this low. It has always been in the high 100s until now. And I know the city water isn't the greatest but I use prime.

Well glad to see I'm not the only one who has struggled with this.

So I got another ram last Thursday and he died last night. This is the 2nd one I've tried to have for my female. She has been in the tank since may. I'm not sure why the males keep dying. I did a water change 2 days before I got him and then tested the waters after I had put him in. My ph was...

No I but mine in the back. It just has grown that much. And it has only been 5 months. This is when I first planted. What video are you talking about?